čar

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

čar f

  1. genitive plural of čára

Jarai

Noun

čar (classifier bôh)

  1. country, nation

Rade

Noun

čar

  1. a land or region; a country, province, city, etc.
    čar Dak Lak
    Đắk Lắk Province
    čar Êjip
    the land of Egypt
    čar Ƀaƀilôn
    the city of Babylon

See also

Romani

Noun

čar f

  1. Pan-Vlax spelling of ćar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čȃrъ, čȃrь (Russian ча́ры (čáry), Polish czar), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (to do, make, build) (Sanskrit करोति (karóti), Lithuanian kùrti). Slavic forms with čar- (compare čárati) presuppose a nominal lengthened-grade derivation, i.e. Proto-Balto-Slavic *kēr- (Lithuanian kẽras (charm, magic)). Serbo-Croatian i-stem is probably an archaism - lengthened grade is expected in PIE root nouns which yield Balto-Slavic i-stems. PIE root probably already had magical connotations, i.e. denoting remote action by magical means. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

čȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ча̑р)

  1. charm, allure
  2. spell, magic

Declension

References

  • čar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Skok, Petar (1971) “čar”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 295
  • Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 362